Charlotte (Jordan) Shipman (abt. 1793 - aft. 1870)

Born about 1793 in Virginia, United States

Wife of Matthew Shipman — married before 1822 in Arkansas, United States

Descendants

Died after 1870 after about age 77 in Carroll, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Charlotte was born about 1793, in Virginia. It is unclear if her name is Rachel or Charlotte/Charlotta Jordan. We do know that she was called "Charity". Maybe Rachel and Charlotte were sisters. Some have speculated that Rachel was married about 1813/14 to Matthew Shipman. Their first child, Minerva, was born about 1814, in Virginia. If Rachel is a separate person, it is speculated that she died about 1825 in Tennessee and Matthew married Charlotte Jordan. Charlotte and Rachel may have been sisters, but we know Charlotte's maiden name is Jordan. We don't know the maiden name of Rachel. The exact number of children that Charlotte/Rachel had may be twelve. Charlotte/Charlotta "Charity" Jordan Shipman passed away before 1880. She was living with her son, Ervin, and his family on the 1870 U.S. Census for Hickory, Carroll County, Arkansas, at the age of 80. She has not been found since the 1870 census.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M67C-SBP : 9 November 2014), Charlotta Shipman in household of Mathew Shipman, Carrollton, Carroll, Arkansas, United States; citing family 126, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• Carroll County Families: They Were The First. by Jim Lair and the Carroll County Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc. 1991. See pages 30, 537, 541-542.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M87T-2F8 : 30 December 2015), Charity Shipman, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNH1-CMJ : 17 October 2014), Charity Shipman in household of Earvin Shipman, Arkansas, United States; citing p. 2, family 11, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,548.
• "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K386-F5B : 5 December 2014), Charlotte Jordan in entry for Ellon R Chaney, 28 Jun 1919; citing certificate number 20223, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,073,634.